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Pakistan reports this year's 19th polio case
According to the Pakistan Health Ministry, the child had an onset of the paralysis on August 22 as confirmed by the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, reports Xinhua news agency. This was the first case from South Waziristan this year. Controlling the outbreak in KP remains the focus of the Pakistan Polio Program, the Ministry said.
President Xi, Pakistani PM Shehbaz meet on SCO sidelines
Calling the two nations "strategic partners", the President Xi Jinping said the two sides "must continue to firmly support each other, foster stronger synergy between their development strategies, and harness the role of the Joint Cooperation Committee of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to ensure smooth construction and operation of major projects".
As world faces post-Covid challenges, SCO's role very important: PM Modi
Speaking in Hindi, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the bloc contributes to 30 per cent of the global GDP, while 40 per cent of the world's population resides in the member countries. He went on to say that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the global pandemic have led to disruptions in global supply chains, leaving the world facing unprecedented energy and food crises.
Sindhi organisations seek freedom from Pakistan in New York
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) is organising the Indus Freedom Conclave, on September 23-24 with a day-long protest in front of the UN headquarters in New York. Besides the Sindhis, the organisation has claimed support from Baloch, Afghan and Pashtoon groups for seeking freedom from Pakistan.
Pakistan rejects 'Indian propaganda' on Neelum-Jhelum project
Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Asim Iftikhar told a press briefing on Thursday that India was once again churning out false and baseless reports about the hydropower project, Dawn reported. He said a fault was detected in the project and is currently undergoing remedial works for which the entity concerned, Gezhouba Group of China, has been contacted. Iftikhar said the group has already attained full mobilisation at the site and at present the work was proceeding smoothly without any interruption and completion of the project was expected in 2023.
Pakistan receives 100 international flights of relief items as flood death toll rises to 1,500
The humanitarian relief goods include food items, tents, blankets, medical supplies, survival and hygiene equipment, and high-capacity water pumps, according to the spokesperson on Thursday. Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that devastating floods have caused immense damage with the communication system, crops, houses and roads completely destroyed in parts of Pakistan, Xinhua news agency reported.
Donald Trump-picked judge named special master in Mar-a-Lago raid case
Raymond Dearie, a Brooklyn-based federal judge, was selected on Thursday to serve as an independent arbiter to review the materials seized during the surprise search. His name was put forward as a possible candidate for the special master's role by Trump, CNN reported.
Shehbaz to meet Xi on SCO sidelines
Earlier on Friday, he met Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, while he was also set to meet the Kazakh President later in the day. Friday rather a busy day for world leaders gathered for the summit at it is the main summit day, Samaa TV reported. On Thursday, the Prime Minister met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran's Ebrahim Raisi.
Push for unipolar world 'turning ugly', says President Putin
The remark came as Putin met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, RT reported. During the meeting, Putin thanked Xi for China's 'balanced stance' on the crisis in Ukraine. China had criticised Russia for having attacked the country, but blamed the US for triggering the escalation by its push to expand NATO.
New York Attorney General Letitia James to sue Trump in Trump Organisation enquiry
The New York Attorney General's office rebuffed an offer from Trump's lawyers to settle a contentious civil investigation into the former President and his family real estate business, paving the way for a lawsuit that would accuse Trump of fraud, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
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